Read the new blog by IDS Researcher Ian Scoones, "Zimbabwe is growing without transforming” says the World Bank, but what ...
Governments around the world are starting to realise that engaging their citizens more in shaping the decisions that affect their everyday lives improves both legitimacy and the quality of public ...
Burnham's local-decision making aim is also an opportunity to tackle political exclusion and democratic backsliding in the UK.
A large outbreak of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) was first identified in the Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May 2026. This marked the DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak ...
degeopoliticisation critical minerals and extraction - problems rooted partly in unequal relationships reframed as problems ...
This research briefing identifies how frontline workers delivering health, education, and social protection services in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) can be better supported. It ...
What have we learned from our study, 25 years after land reform in Zimbabwe? Drawing on the research that we have been doing since the early 2000s, we wanted to highlight some of the key findings.
The sudden collapse of USAID in 2025 sent shockwaves through Uganda’s HIV response and the people hardest hit are those the ...
IDS researcher Prof Lyla Mehta argues that the Nepal-Tibet flood calls for urgent global action against climate change.
Philippe Lazzarini, former Head of UNRWA will speak at the Institute of Development Studies on Gaza and multilateralism.